Live vacancy · Ref KQ-5A1529

Fixed Income Quantitative Researcher | Trading Team

An established proprietary trading firm · London, United Kingdom · first seen 2 months ago

Compensation: £115k – £170k
Location: London, United Kingdom
Seniority: Not stated

What is the Fixed Income Quantitative Researcher | Trading Team role in London, United Kingdom?

An established proprietary trading firm is hiring a Fixed Income Quantitative Researcher | Trading Team in London, United Kingdom. It is an experienced quant researcher role, and the advert asks for C++, deep learning, Python and statistics.

Indicative base

£115k – £170k

KnowQuant benchmark band

Location

London, United Kingdom

Function

Quant Researcher

Education

PhD

Status

Open

Ref KQ-5A1529

First seen

2 months ago

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About the employer

This vacancy is with an established proprietary trading firm. We hold the employer's identity confidential until we have spoken with you about the role, so the advert below is written by our research team from the facts stated in the live posting - never copied from it. This role was advertised publicly by the employer. It is not a confidential search mandate; those are handled directly and are never listed.

What you would do

·Sits in the Front Office team.
·Is classified as an quant researcher role from its title and team.
·Works with C++, deep learning, Python, statistics and time-series modelling, as named in the posting.

What they are asking for

·PhD, as stated in the posting.
·Practical experience with C++, deep learning, Python, statistics and time-series modelling.

Skills in this advert

C++Deep learning Python Statistics Time-series modelling

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